Edit: Oops, it is /r/Tennessee, not /r/ProgressiveHQ

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      8 hours ago

      I don’t know, I haven’t been banned on Lemmy for saying pedos deserve to die yet. I got that twice in one week on Reddit, and then again almost immediately when I got back.

    • moakley@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      My very first Lemmy post was in what is essentially the only Lemmy comics group, and it got removed because it contained “profanity”.

      I was trying to post original content directly to Lemmy, which is something no one ever does. But it got removed, so fuck it, I posted it to reddit. Two hours later, it was on the front page of reddit. So not to toot my own horn, but I think that’s a sign that it was pretty fucking premium OC, the kind of content that a Lemmy mod should want in their community.

      I’ve since seen it reposted all over the internet, and it’s hit the reddit front page several more times.

      The profanity in question: “balls”.

      • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        I once got into a debate on a left wing community about the methods to outsmart conservatives. The guy wasn’t agreeing with me, at one point I said “doing the same thing is just lunacy” I was removed and banned for “ableism” That’s the best the mod could come up with to silence my opinion.

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          I once solved Goldbach’s conjecture in only 7 lines. Mods absolutely deleted it. Reason given? Damn, if I could remember that I could remember the proof

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      18 hours ago

      Thing is tho, you own r/bastard mods, you own it entirely

      You own c/bastardmods.lemmy.bastard, people move to c/bastardmods.lemmy.fuckyou

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      22 hours ago

      Yeah volunteer mods almost always act like fief lords on any platform.

      The type of person that would volunteer is precisely the type of person who shouldn’t be a mod, usually.

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        You see the same effect in person, too, with HOAs being the most notorious example. But there are many volunteer-based organizations that do incredible good work. Power tripping is a thing to watch out for and build guardrails against, but thankfully it’s not universal.